But the loud calls for her resignation further deepened Britain's Brexit crisis, sapping an already weak leader of her authority. The chairman of the powerful Conservative 1922 Committee, which can make or break prime ministers, told lawmakers that she planned to campaign in the European poll on Thursday. But it is now time for Prime Minister Theresa May to go -- and without delay," said Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee. "In time another prime minister will be standing at this despatch box," May said, acknowledging that her leadership was drawing to a close. If we are going to deliver Brexit in this parliament we are going to have to pass a Withdrawal Agreement Bill," she told MPs.

Source: Irish Independent May 22, 2019 16:20 UTC